P.S. 093 William H. Prescott

Both ELA (23.3%) and math (16.1%) sit roughly 30 percentage points below the District 13 averages of 53% and 46%. The trajectory has been uneven: scores climbed to 34% ELA in 2019, crashed in 2022 (15.6% ELA / 20% math), recovered to 32.8% ELA in 2023, then dropped again in 2024 (26.8%) and 2025 (23.3%). The grade-by-grade picture is starkest in Grade 5, where 0% of students hit ELA proficiency and 4.8% hit math — a steep drop from Grade 3's 40% ELA and 32% math. The school's overall quality score of 0.79 out of 4 is less than half the district average.

The trust numbers here are extraordinary — 95% parent-teacher trust, 95% parent-principal trust, 100% strong family relationships, and 98% teacher-principal trust. Zero suspensions over three consecutive years stands in sharp contrast to the district's roughly 1.4% suspension rate. Teacher instruction quality came in at 94%, well above the district's 87.6% mark, and 98% of teachers feel safe. Day-to-day, this reads as a calm, relational school where families feel heard and staff feel supported by leadership. The one serious concern is attendance: 85.6% (vs the district's 89.2%) and chronic absenteeism at 42.8% means nearly half of students miss too many days.

P.S. 093 is a small, predominantly Black school (70%) with a notably high Asian student share (19%) — a demographic split that's a little unusual for District 13 zoned schools, with smaller shares of Hispanic (5%) and White (5%) students. At 164 students total, almost every family knows every other family. The economic need index of 86.8% signals heavy concentration of low-income households. The PTA raised just $16 per student last year (vs a district average of about $438) — a stark gap that limits enrichment fundraising. Twenty percent of students have IEPs.

Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) is a renter-majority neighborhood where a median home value of $1.27 million sits alongside a 27.9% poverty rate — a clear signal of the area's rapid change. Median household income is $77,685, and 48.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Just 15.7% of households have children, so school-age families are a relatively small share of the blocks here.

Three subway options sit within walking distance: Nostrand Av (A, C) about 5 minutes, Kingston-Throop Avs (C) about 6 minutes, and Franklin Av (S) about 11 minutes.